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Topic: What is a mouser? What does it mean to mouser someone? (Read 20385 times)

As many of our users are aware, DonationCoder.com has an IRC channel which allows users to chat in realtime with one another. Well, in this channel, we have developed a term which we wanted the entire community to become familiar with. This term is mouser (Verb). The definition of mouser is "To purposely leave a conversation, or gathering, without notice or intent of returning for at least a 2 hour period". An example of it's usage is "Man, that guy just mousered me.". Well, our administrator, mouser, is the founder and originator of this term. Mouser's personality often times finds him leaving a conversation, much like someone with ADD, for a random task such as fixing his air conditioner, getting dental work performed, or upgrading his homemade Book Case.

So, if you happen to stop by the channel, or have been "mousered" yourself, please post here and let us know!

Though I think 2 hours isn't an uncommon amount of time for mouser to just disappear in the middle of a conversation, I think I'd consider myself mousered if just 10-20 minutes passed without so much as a "brb" or "bbl."

Yes, mouser has been known to vanish, IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONVERSATION with NO WARNING, for 8 hours or longer. And then, when he finally makes it back and you ask wtf happened, he'll say "oh, I went to bed, I guess I should have said something."

I've been mousered many a times, and am quite pleased to see the term "mousered" used to describe it. I'm so frequently guilty of this practice, I'd not be surprised to see the term "al'd" or "prawned". Thankfully I'm not nearly as influential and, as such, my wandering off for cigarettes or days at a time mid-conversation goes largely unnoticed.